Asia
14 January 2015
ASIA/SRI LANKA - The local Church: "From Madhu hope to revive peace"
Mannar (Agenzia Fides) - "The Marian prayer of the Pope at the Shrine of Madhu is a message of hope: the whole nation remembers that harmony and peace are precious values and essential for the future, they are to be prot ...
14 January 2015
ASIA/LEBANON - Frost and snow: first victims due to frostbite among the Syrian refugees
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The cold wave that has hit large regions of the Middle East in recent days has caused the first victims among the Syrian refugees in Lebanon. "Four people have died form hypothermia - confirms to ...
14 January 2015
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary, after the bombing in Paris: "Dear Muslim brothers, we mourn with you"
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "We know how much you are suffering, dear Muslim friends, in seeing terrorism practiced in different parts of the world in the name of Islam and in the name of Allah": is what is written in an ...
13 January 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN – A mentally disabled man killed on charges of blasphemy
Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) – A 52-year-old Muslim man, Abid Mehmood, accused of blasphemy in 2011 and released from prison a few days ago because of physical and mental disabilities, was killed by masked men. His disab ...
13 January 2015
ASIA/SRI LANKA - "The presence of the Pope, a sign of peace and unity, a wake up call for the nation"
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope is for us a great sign of peace and unity. His presence represents a wake up call for the entire nation: it is an invitation to undertake the path of peace and reconciliation, dialogue ...
13 January 2015
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarchate: no "approval" from the Patriarch to the emigration of Christians in Germany and Canada
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - With an official statement the Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans denies the allegations circulated online that Patriarch Louis Raphael I granted his approval to the emigration of 13 thous ...
12 January 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A hall of Christian worship set on fire: faithful in terror
Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - Dismay and terror in the Christian community of Rawalpindi. The faithful are still in shock over the incident which occurred on the night of 29 December, when a hall of Protestant Christian w ...
12 January 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - International Delegation of Bishops visit Gaza; for Archbishop Fontana "a devastated situation"
Gaza (Agenzia Fides) – The group of 16 Bishops who make up the Holy Land Coordination (Hlc), a body that brings together Bishops and representatives of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe and North America (see Fides 0 ...
12 January 2015
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: "The Pope's visit will be an impetus to reconciliation"
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The presence of Pope Francis, from 13 to 15 January, among us is a gift and a blessing. The climate we live in today is very positive and the Pope's visit will be an impetus to national reconci ...
9 January 2015
ASIA/THAILAND - Cardinal designate Kovithavanij: valuable religions to build a peaceful society
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Religions, and therefore religious leaders, have an important role to carry out in building peaceful and harmonious societies: is what the Archbishop of Bangkok, His Exc. Mgr. Kriengsak Kovitvan ...
9 January 2015
ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishops: "a new era of peace and reconciliation with newly-elected president Sirisena"
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "There are high hopes and good wishes for Sri Lanka to begin a new era of prosperity and peace": with these words, gathered by Agenzia Fides, His Exc. Mgr. Vianney Fernando, Bishop of Kandy welc ...
9 January 2015
ASIA/IRAQ – They refuse to convert to Islam: 10 elderly Christians expelled from Mosul
Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The militiamen of the self-jihadist Islamic Caliphate have expelled 10 elderly Chaldean Christians and Syrian Catholics from Mosul and temporarily housed in the second largest city in Iraq, after ...
8 January 2015
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church joyfully welcomes the appointment of the first Burmese Cardinal in history
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Church colleagues proudly welcomed Archbishop Charles Maung Bo home on Monday, a day after his appointment by Pope Francis as Myanmar's first Roman Catholic cardinal.
According to Bishop Felix L ...
8 January 2015
ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops to MPs: elect the new President as soon as possible
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite Bishops, who met yesterday for their monthly meeting presided by Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai at the patriarchal seat of Bkerké, have once again urged the MPs to elect the new Pre ...
8 January 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN – Attack in Paris: "Not in the name of Allah"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We have learned with dismay of the attack in Paris. Pakistan is still in shock after the terrorist attack in Peshawar, which took place a month ago, causing the death of more than 140 people, mo ...
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